Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Year

1918

Landscape architect

Type

landscape

Modelled on the Champs-Elysees, the Parkway slashes diagonally through Penn's orthogonal grid, connecting City Hall to the Museum of Art along a 1.2-kilometer cultural boulevard. Jacques Greber's 1917 plan (wider and more monumental than Pe …

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